Thesaurus: phycomycetes

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1. A large, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/important">important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much- branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. -- Phy`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.
2. A large, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/important">important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, thealgal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from anundifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation ofconidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transitionfrom this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexualreproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. --Phy`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.
3. n a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems